About IAG Tech
IAG Tech is a community of IT and digital professionals from across the International Airlines Group (IAG). We drive the technology behind some of the biggest and most successful brands in global aviation, including British Airways, Aer Lingus, and Iberia.

Brought together in 2019, we are a unique community with a shared vision to deliver Technology Excellence and be recognised as industry leaders in the use of technology.

Our mission is to delight customers, enable employees, accelerate business performance, protect our business and increase shareholder value, through the innovative and agile use of technology and data.

We use product-centric delivery teams using agile methods to implement new capabilities at pace and maximise business outcomes. With a relentless focus on improving system performance and stability, we continually strive to find new and better ways to innovate and support the Group.

Our Values
At IAG Tech we share common values to help us create the right culture to underpin our thriving community:
Innovation | we value identifying new ways of using technology to solve business challenges
Empowerment | we value giving people the freedom to operate, that they take accountability, and collaborate with colleagues
Professionalism | we value having and developing the right knowledge and competency to be able to do our jobs to the best of our ability 
Transparency | we value honesty and integrity and always share the reality in a manner the business understands
Agility | we value responsiveness, speed and flexibility in everything we do.

We celebrate when we see great examples of our values in action and challenge each other when we see these values being ignored

About You
As the Network and Cloud Security Engineering Lead, you will Identify security gaps, driving initiatives to remediation, coordinate with IAG Tech teams, business units and vendor support teams to deliver a network and cloud security service.

You will also lead activity to enhance IAG’s overall security posture around network security controls and all activities connected to the management and maintenance of endpoints protected by cloud-based solutions, as the Subject Matter Expert.

Additional responsibilities will be to Interface with the Data Centre exit program team to coordinate migration activities and be involved in service design, protect information systems against unauthorised access, analyse threats, make detailed and informed continuous improvement proposals, implementing mitigation strategies on behalf of IAG’s operating companies. And you will also troubleshoot network and cloud security incidents and lead investigation.

Significant experience and proven technical knowledge in multiple areas of security engineering, system and network security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, and application security.

Experience working in complex enterprise / cloud environments, with strong knowledge of cloud networking architecture, cloud operations, security, automation and orchestration

Knowledge of Cloud technologies, architectures and tooling, preferably AWS, with hands on experience in managing WAF and firewall configurations. 

Hands on experience of Akamai services, including WAF, SiteShield, Kona Site Defender and Prolexic

Proven expertise working with anti-robotic technologies including Akamai Bot Manager
WAF specialist knowledge in a highly available enterprise environment

Proven expertise in both physical and web application firewalls, including their monitoring, tuning and management

Previous experience with one of following technologies is highly desirable Check Point, F5, Cisco

Experience of operating across multiple countries and cultures is desirable, but not essential.

Benefits
The chance to enjoy a challenging career in an exciting, fast-moving environment in a dynamic industry, working in a multi-cultural environment with great offices in many locations. We aim to provide all our people with a work/life balance, as well as the many benefits offered by a global organisation, including health insurance, pension, and performance bonuses

Diversity and Inclusion
IAG Tech is part of the IAG GBS organisation, and our people are at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that we can only deliver the required business outcomes if we have a thriving community of technology professionals. Together we strive to become the very best at what we do.

We focus on making Tech a great place to work, with a community that we feel proud to belong to. To help make this a reality, our people strategy focuses on six key domains: Engagement, Talent Management, Reward and Recognition, Performance Management, Learning and Development and Culture. 

We understand the importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace to deliver this strategy – everyone should feel part of our team. We want to foster an inclusive workplace, celebrate individuality and embrace differences so that everyone in IAG Tech can achieve their goals and ambitions, regardless of their personal circumstances or background. 

As a Group, IAG has an ambition that 40% of senior management roles are held by women by 2025. IAG Tech fully supports that ambition, and we are working to help make it a reality. With this in mind, we have set ourselves the challenging target of recruiting 50% female colleagues by 2030.